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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to provide annual training on freedom of speech, association and exercise of religion to certain individuals based on materials, programs and procedures developed by the state board of regents, in consultation with the attorney general, requiring the state board of regents to confirm that each such institution has complied with training requirements and authorizing the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 496
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died on Calendar
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Mon, Mar 16, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Mon, Mar 16, 2026)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Blake Flanders, President and CEO, Kansas Board of Regents
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Lance Kinzer, Policy Director, 1st Amendment Partnership
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Emma Shankland, Impact Strategist-Policy, Health Forward Foundation
